Any "newer" players out there want to play "Noobz in space"

[kerensky]

The shipset that I use for my empire (the Dra'kol Empire) is not on the PBW site. Also, due to memory card problems, I won't be able to upload my empire till tommorrow

[psimancer]

ahh there's my inexperience with the ai comeing in to play
so the ai causes us to declare on each other
an interesting facet of the game

however prefacing your Messages to other players in the same style as a chat board easily solves that however like in real life they can still messup the turn(game month) your on before you correct the situation

imagine russia sends a declaration of war and several vessels attack it would take a few months before it was all straightened out and russia apologized for the faked Messages getting through and we might never know that it was china who set the whole thing up in the first place

hows that for a real life example

so preface your human Messages as follows

psi:hi i see you wanna trade ?

as i really suspect that no ai will ever use/duplicate the colon in a mesage especially with a short Version of the name

ps: i like the added realism and challenge forces me to have anti intelligence to combat theres and gives the ai a way to influence us humans that makes up for their lack of tactical ability

[ June 16, 2004, 21:28: Message edited by: psimancer ]

[Fyron]

The AI sends Messages normally. It does not fake them and look like a different empire. Unless, of course, they use the Comm Mimic intelligence project, in which case there is only one possible message sent out, so you can usually tell what happened. But it takes quite a while for that to happen...

This is not related to AI empires at all: If you miss a turn, the AI will take over for that turn. It often declares some wars on people. You can prevent this by going into the Ministers section of the Empire Status screen (crown icon) and scroll all the way to the bottom. There is a setting something like "AI should not make changes to the empire during a simultaneous movement game." Enable this, and the AI will do nothing if you miss a turn. It is a very good idea to make a habit of enabling this on turn one of every PBW game. Trust me, it is no fun having the AI screw everything up. Ship designs, fleet formations, construction, everything. Ugh.

[ June 16, 2004, 22:35: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Kana]

No one answered my question...

"What do you consider a noobie?"

I still want to know if I qualify....?


Kana

[psimancer]

noob a person who is new to a community /situation and has not yet learned the normal unspoken rules of etiquette nor the normal rules of the game

in social situations this status can Last from a mere few seconds to months depending on the accepted practices of the community some keep a person as noob until the next new person shows up (see blue thunder character jafo) others can be relieved of this status by becoming an active part of the community

observed phenomenon: chat Boards bbs's and forums tend to have a period of approximatly 1 month of continued participation however in the instance of game related forums this can be longer as determined by your observed level of knowledge of the game and observed ability to play

therefore i question you

have you played pbw before
have you completed more than 2 pbw games (initiate)
did you win any (apprentice)


of course all that aside WE dont care as long as your not
the space empires lord and mastr of strategy here to wipe us out in turn 12
if thats not the case then hey join in
enjoy some fun and remember its just not a day until you space a few aliens

[Fyron]

The game is filled on PBW... would you like me to increase the number of player slots?

[psimancer]

its fine the way it is he just want to determine qualification im like severely ready to begin processing turns ((sarn little voice wont stop chanting "play turn process turn play turn process turn" driving me nuts

[psimancer]

hey kana
tell ya what lets set up a second game to start turns on say sunday or monday and see who we can get to play us

but on the start day it begins whether its just us or full 20
sound good ??

setting up game as "noobz in space:beyond the noobz"

[kerensky]

Quick note:
I'll be out of town till late on Sunday. Is there any way to make sure that my turn doesn't hit till Monday???

[psimancer]

im hoping kerensky can run a few turns himself before the weekend off thing so he can set up or just let the ai start some colonization for him during the first few turns